When 103 years old you reach, look as pissed off you will.
Posted on 05/30/2014 4:00:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Conrad Heyer crossed the Delaware with Washington... was born in 1749 and was 103 when he was photographed, He was the earliest born man in history to have been photographed. Heyer crossed the Delaware River with George Washington in 1776.
Conrad Heyer was born in 1749 and was 103 when he was photographed, He was the earliest born man in history to have been photographed. Heyer crossed the Delaware River with George Washington in 1776.
New Englander Conrad Heyer was born in 1749 and was 103 when he was photographed.
According to the Maine Historical Society, Heyer may be the earliest born human being ever photographed. He is also the only U.S. veteran to be photographed who crossed the Delaware River alongside George Washington in December 1776.
This only photograph of Heyer, which was taken roughly around 1852 (but not the earliest photograph taken), is a significant discovery.
Heyer appears to have been the first white child born in Waldoboro, Maine, which was then a German immigrant community.
Heyer served in the Continental Army under Washington during the Revolutionary War; he crossed the Delaware with the first president and fought in several major battles.
Records indicate that Heyer saw George Washington, the 'Father of Our Country', with his own eyes.
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My gosh, he must have crossed
The Delaware five
Times!!!
This woman was older and lived longer. She was alive at the time he was photographed...Census records show her living to be over 120 years old at the last time she was recorded, and her birth and death date show over 130 yrs old.....There is a TN heritage book with her info in it on Amazon.com.
Elizabeth Eppinger (b. 1688, d. 1835)
Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Eppinger was born 1688 in Germany, and died 1835 in Lawrence,tenn.(Maury Co.). She married Martin Trantham Jr on 1728 in NC, son of Martin Trantham Sr and Unknown.
Very cool! Thanks for posting.
When 103 years old you reach, look as pissed off you will.
He reached 103 but it doesn’t say when he died; or if it did, I missed it.
Yea but how old was he when he was photographed?
That is unbelievably cool.
On a similar note, there’s a YouTube video from the old “What’s My Line” show with a guest who was at the theater where Lincoln was shot and saw Booth jump down to the stage.
Looks like someone you definitely don’t mess with.
Months ago, someone posted a thread of old pictures of men who served in The Revolution.
They were mostly in their 90s and 100s.
It seems like the source was a newspaper in South Carolina, but it may have been some other.
I have a feeling that their dour expressions are because of old age aches and pains.
“I *told* you the Earth is flat.”
From the dailymail.com.uk:
Faces of the men who won America’s independence: Amazing early photos of heroes of the Revolutionary War in their old age
Thanks!
Yeah, but it’s not as amusing. :’)
And he lived another five years.
I know, I was looking for an old photo of his birth date.
My pleasure!
I think there was an FR topic about that one some years ago, but I’m too lazy to look it up.
So she was supposedly 147 at death? Hmmm ........ Maybe, maybe not.
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